Category: Science

Delays in next-generation spacesuits could push back Artemis moon landings to 2031, an audit by the NASA Office of Inspector General claims.

A new gene therapy tested in China has improved the hearing of 38 people who were born deaf due to mutations in a gene called

Air strikes on oil facilities and oil tankers in the Persian Gulf have unleashed what is set to become an ecological catastrophe, satellite images show.

A teen went to the emergency room with classic signs of diabetes, but odd aspects of her case pointed to a second, rarer diagnosis.

These matriarchal rodents often have bloody succession wars to replace their queen. But in a colony in California, Queen Tere ceded the throne to her

North American sweat bees change color depending on the surrounding humidity. It might be a more widespread phenomenon among insects.

In her debut book, science writer Roxanne Khamsi offers a new view of mutations that’s not limited to birth and death.

This image that NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured of the Crab Nebula, paired with its past observations and those of other telescopes, allows astronomers to

After nearly 50 years in space, the two Voyager spacecraft are very low on nuclear power. Voyager 1 just shut off another instrument to save

A future AI would have no need to rid the world of humanity because we’re incredibly useful. But if it did want to shrug us

Liver scarring can pave the way to cancer down the line. A new blood test in development might help doctors spot it.

Compressed air bids bye-bye to invasive sun corals in Brazil. The blasts obliterated soft tissue and fragments couldn’t regenerate.

Journalist Kevin Hartnett chronicles how code-checking tools and AI are being used to tackle difficult math problems.

More than 70% of the state is under “extreme” to “exceptional” drought conditions, and other parts of the U.S. Southeast are similarly affected. But why